Jan 19, 2023

Police continue search for Kansas City Amber alert suspect

Posted Jan 19, 2023 10:00 AM
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KANSAS CITY —Police continue to search for a suspect involved in the armed abduction of an 8-month old girl that prompted an Amber Alert in Kansas City.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 23-year-old Markelv Avery, was armed with a handgun when he took Malani Avery by force from her mother's house in the area of Gladstone Boulevard and Belmont Avenue. Within an hour, police found the girl. She was not with Markley. 

He was last seen driving a four-door white Acura sedan that is missing the front bumper with an unknown license plate.